North+Korea

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 * North Korea is a communist state. Voting is a demonstration of political activity instead of part of a competitive democracy . A comm ** unist state has a one-man dictators **hip. A communist state is a country whose government has strong control over the economy and society. There is only one ruler in a communist country. North Korea is a self-described Juche (self-reliant) state . **
 * North Korea's climate is a continental climate. This means that long winters are very cold and short. Summer tends to be hot and humid. North Korea gets at least 37 days of average snowfall every winter. It also has very severe snowstorms and strong winds. **
 * In North Korea almost 100% of the population has access to water and sanitation, but it is not completely potable (drinkable). Infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, malaria, and hepatitis B kill people in North Korea. Life expectancy in North Korea is 63.8 years, a 170th place in the world, according to 2009 estimates . **
 * North Korea shares the Korean language with South Korea. There are dialect differences within both Korea's, but the border between North and South does not represent a major linguistic boundary. While prevalent in the South, the adoption of modern terms from foreign languages has been limited in North Korea. Hanja (Chinese characters) are no longer used in North Korea, although still occasionally used in South Korea. Both Korea's share the phonetic writing system called Chosongul in the north and Hangul south of the DMZ. **
 * Poverty is a big problem in North Korea. The people have to rely on German giant rabbits. The North Korean people don't know that all of the bunny breeders probably have to use steriods to make these bunnies bigger. According to Spiegel Online, Karl Szmolinsky breeds giant rabbits that could feed eight people. These poor bunnies have to be weighed everyday and when they reach the right weight, the breeders kill them for food. **

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